In Kabul, representatives of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with the Chargé d’Affaires of the British Embassy, Robert Dixon; Its goal was to ask the Afghan side to “help unfreeze the assets” of the Central Bank of Afghanistan. Ariana News reports this.
Vice President of the House Yunus Mohmand He asked Dixon for London’s support to ensure the country’s foreign exchange reserves were unfrozen. Dixon responded by saying Britain supports the private sector in Afghanistan.
“We wish Afghanistan prosperity. “The private sector obviously plays a key role in any economy, and the private sector plays an important role in creating the conditions for a good life,” Dixon said. “We know that the current economic situation is complex and difficult, and that there are obvious problems such as global communications, banking problems and various other issues.”
Apparently, the British diplomat did not say anything more specific.
As reported EADaily The day before, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan said it needed $500 million to help Afghans on the brink of death from hunger and cold survive this winter.
Immediately after the change of government in Afghanistan and the resumption of the Taliban regime* In August 2021, Washington blocked about $7 billion in funds from the Afghan Central Bank, and about $2 billion more was blocked in the accounts of US satellite countries. This money has not yet been returned; It was simply stolen from the Afghans, in the traditional way of Western “democracies.”
*Terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.
